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<p><span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline">General Info:</span></p>
<p>The website for D20 Chat is 
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/d20-chat">http://sourceforge.net/projects/d20-chat</a>.
</p>
<p>If you wish to report a bug or request a feature use the 
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=179837">Tracker on the website</a>.
</p>
<p>If you have a question about how to use D20 chat that isn't covered in the help file
post it on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=179837">forums</a>.
</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline">To install D20 
Chat:</span><br>
</p>
<ul style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">
  <li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">
    Download Java 6 from
	<a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">
	http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp</a><p>Most users will want 
	Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u1 (fourth one down)</li>
  <li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">
    Copy contents of zip file to wherever you want.</li>
  <li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">
    Double click the file d20-chat.jar to run.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To host a
game:</span><br>
</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    From the menu click File to pull down file menu and select Start Server.
  </li>
  <li>
    Enter a username for yourself.
  </li>
  <li>
    Your IP address will already be filled in as well as a port number.*
  </li>
  <li>
    Enter a password if you want one or leave the field blank.&nbsp; 
  </li>
  <li>
    Click Start Server, you will automatically be added to the room as the GM.
  </li>
</ul>
*You may need to choose another port number depending on your computer's
settings,<br>
but most of the time the default port should work.<br>
<br>
<span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold"> To connect to a
game:</span><br>
<ul>
  <li>
    From the menu click File to pull down file menu and select Connect to
    Server.
  </li>
  <li>
    Enter a username for yourself
  </li>
  <li>
    Get the IP from the person who started the server.*
  </li>
  <li>
    If the person who started the server gives you a different port number enter
    it after the IP,<br>
  </li>
</ul>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; otherwise leave the
port field alone.
<ul>
  <li>
    If you are trying to enter a passworded room, enter a password, otherwise
    leave the password field blank.
  </li>
  <li>
    Click connect.
  </li>
</ul>
*If you start a server you can find the IP you used to start the server listed
on the title bar of the program.<br>
With some network set ups you may need a different IP address than this one.<br>
If the IP listed in the title bar doesn't work find your connections on your
computer and use the IP address listed there.<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To get help:</span></p>
<ul>
	<li>Type /help or /h in the chat box</li>
	<li>Select help -&gt; sourceforge help from the top menu.</li>
</ul>
<p><br>
<br>
<font size=4><span style=FONT-WEIGHT:bold>Players Help</span></font><br>
</p>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold"> To talk:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    In the bottom right there is an entry field to type messages.
  </li>
  <li>
    If you type anything and hit enter or the Send button it will automatically
    be sent to everyone in the room.
  </li>
  <li>
    Alternately you can start a message with /say, /s, /g, /p, /c, or /amsg to
    do the same thing.
  </li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    You can also do emotes by typing /emote &lt;text to represent actions&gt;
  </li>
	<li>
    Alternately you can start an emote message with /em /e or /me
  </li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
	<li>If you start typing something and change your mind a quick way to clear 
	your text is to hit the ESC key.</li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold"> To send a message
  to only one person:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /tell &lt;username&gt; &lt;message&gt; to send message to the player
    with that username.
  </li>
  <li>
    example: /tell Joe hi
  </li>
  <li>
    Alternately you can start the message with /t, /message, /msg, /pm, or
    /whisper
  </li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Select the person's name from the playerlist in the top left and right
    click.
  </li>
  <li>
    Find Tell in the pull down menu and click it.
  </li>
  <li>
    /tell &lt;name&gt; will be filled in for you, so now you can just type your
    message after that
  </li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u><b>To reply to a tell:</b></u></p>
<ul>
	<li>Hold down Ctrl and press r, it will fill in /tell &lt;the last name&gt; at the 
	start of the box</li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To send a message to
  yourself:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    This is for those times when the GM (or anyone) needs to roll dice without
    everyone knowing about it.
  </li>
</ul>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /hide followed by your message in the entry field
  </li>
  <li>
    example: /hide does he make his save [1d20]?
  </li>
  <li>
    Alternately you can start the message with /hidden or /echo<br>
  </li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold"> To roll dice or do
  math:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Dice rolls and math can be part of any say, tell, or hidden message.
  </li>
  <li>
    Anything between square brackets [ ] will be interpreted as math.
  </li>
  <li>
    The following math symbols are supported:
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      + addition
    </li>
    <li>
      - subtraction
    </li>
    <li>
      * multiplication
    </li>
    <li>
      / division
    </li>
    <li>
      d dice
    </li>
    <li>
      ( ) parenthesis to group expressions
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    If you want to do simple dice rolls just click on the buttons above where
    you enter chat text<br>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    example : &nbsp;
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      To roll 2 six sided dice and add 5 multiplied by 1.5,
    </li>
    <li>
      <font size=2> type [2d6+5*1.5] in a message.</font>
    </li>
    <li>
      <font size=2> This will display [2d6+5*1.5 -&gt; 2d6 : 4 3 = 14.5],</font>
    </li>
    <li>
      <font size=2> where 4 and 3 are your rolls.</font>
    </li>
  </ul>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To share information
  about you with other players:</span><br>
  From the Options Menu select Profile Manager<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      To make a new profile
    </li>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Click New on the right hand side
      </li>
      <li>
        In the window that pops up put in whatever username you'd like to use
        for this profile
      </li>
      <li>
        All other fields are optional, so fill in what you'd like with whatever
        you'd like people to know about you.
      </li>
      <li>
        If you'd like people to be able to see the profile check the "make my
        profile visible" box.
      </li>
      <li>
        Click Save
      </li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Back in the first window click Use Profile
      </li>
    </ul>
    <li>
      To open an already existing profile
    </li>
    <ul>
      <li>
        If you already have a profile you can select it from the list.
      </li>
      <li>
        Either edit it or just click Use Profile.
      </li>
      <li>
        If you have a profile saved to a different location than the default you
        can use the Import button.<br>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To find out about
  another player:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Type /profile &lt;username&gt;
    </li>
    <li>
      Alternately&nbsp; you can type /inspect, /ins, /who, or /whois<br>
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Select the player's name from the player list
    </li>
    <li>
      Right click on it
    </li>
    <li>
      Find View Profile in the menu that pops up and click on it
    </li>
  </ul>
  <br style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To change your
  username:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Usernames can not contain spaces and must be unique to the room.
    </li>
    <li>
      Type /name &lt;new name&gt;
    </li>
    <li>
      Alternately type /changeName or /nick
    </li>
    <li>
      You can also change your username when changing your profile.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To change your
  character's name:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Character names can be more than one word long<br>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Type a new name into the box that says character name :&nbsp; and hit
      enter
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Type /charNameChange &lt;new name&gt;
    </li>
  </ul>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To use your own
  character sheet:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Anything in the middle box on the left is viewed as your character sheet.
    </li>
    <li>
      This is what other players will see if they request your character sheet.
    </li>
    <li>
      It is a plain text document.
    </li>
    <li>
      To load a character sheet
    </li>
    <ul>
      <li>
        Click the Char Menu button or right click the character sheet box and
        select open.
      </li>
      <li>
        A file selection menu will pop up.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <li>
      To save a character sheet find Save As in the character sheet menu.
    </li>
    <li>
      You can cut, copy, and paste from the character sheet section to the notes
      section or text entry field.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To view another
  player's character sheet:</span><br>
  If the GM has enabled character sheet viewing<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Type /charsheet &lt;username&gt;
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Select the player's name from the player list
    </li>
    <li>
      Right click on it
    </li>
    <li>
      Find View Character Sheet in the menu that pops up and click on it.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To save a transcript
  of the game:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      The files will be saved by default as html to save the colors and fonts.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Click the Save button located above the Send button and pick a file name.<br>
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Select File from the menu at the top<br>
    </li>
    <li>
      Select Save Transcript<br>
    </li>
    <li>
      Choose your file name</li>
  </ul>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
	<p><b><u>To limit the amount of text displayed:</u></b></p>
	<p>You might want to try this if you get lag or flickering when you get a 
	message</p>
	<p>The old messages are still saved, just not visible.</p>
	<p>You will see your old messages again if you resize your chat buffer or 
	save your transcript.</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Go to Options in the top menu</li>
		<li>Choose User Options</li>
		<li>Near the bottom of the window that pops up is a box labeled Chat 
		Buffer Size</li>
		<li>In that box put in the number of lines you want to display.</li>
		<li>Click the Save button.<br>
		<br></li>
	</ul>
	<u><b>To clear the old text:</b></u><ul>
	<li>If you clear the old text it&#39;s gone forever, so think twice before you 
	do this or save your transcript before hand.</li>
	<li>Type /clear or /cls</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To keep notes on the
  game:</span><br>
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      The bottom left hand box is for you to keep any personal notes you want
      about the game
    </li>
    <li>
      You can save or load your notes from a file just like you do with a
      character sheet,
    </li>
  </ul>
  <div style=MARGIN-LEFT:80px>
    &nbsp;so that you'll have them from one session to the next.
  </div>
  <ul>
    <li>
      This is a great place to store common math and dice rolls so you can just<br>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <div style=MARGIN-LEFT:80px>
    copy &amp; paste them each time you want to use them.<br>
    <br>
  </div>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To change how your
  chat displays:</span><br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Open the Options menu at the top and select User Options
    </li>
  </ul>
  <ul>
    <li>
      The top choices set how messages from you will appear to everyone.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <ul>
    <li>
      The bottom choices show how system messages and other text not coming from
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a specific person
  will appear on your screen.<br>
  <ul>
    <li>
      If you don't like the colors or fonts other players are using
    </li>
  </ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; you can check the
  "overwrite chat format" box and all chat on your screen will<br>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; display with your
  default look.<ul>
	<li>The chat buffer size is how many messages will display on your screen at 
	once.<br></li>
	<li>Click Save when you've changed the settings you want<br></li>
	</ul>
  <br>
</div>
<font size=4><span style=FONT-WEIGHT:bold>GM Help</span></font><br>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <font size=4 style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold"><font size=2>To
  prevent players from talking:</font></font><br>
  <font size=4><font size=2>Players will still be able to send tells, but they
  will not be able to talk publicly</font></font><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>For just one player</font></font>
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <font size=4><font size=2>Type /silence &lt;target name&gt;</font></font>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>For everyone but the GM</font></font>
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <font size=4><font size=2>Type /silence all</font></font>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>Alternately you can type /silence &lt;name&gt; on</font></font></li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    For just one player
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Select the player's name from the player list
    </li>
    <li>
      Right click on it
    </li>
    <li>
      Find Silence and click on it
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    For all players
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Right click on the Players Menu button or anywhere in the player window
    </li>
    <li>
      Find Silence all in the pull down menu and click on it
    </li>
  </ul>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To allow silenced
  players to talk:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>For just one player</font></font>
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <font size=4><font size=2>Type /unsilence &lt;target
      name&gt;</font></font>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>For everyone but the GM</font></font>
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <font size=4><font size=2>Type /unsilence all</font></font>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    <font size=4><font size=2>Alternately you can type /silence &lt;name&gt;
    off</font></font>
  </li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    For just one player
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Select the player's name from the player list
    </li>
    <li>
      Right click on it
    </li>
    <li>
      Find Unsilence and click on it
    </li>
  </ul>
  <li>
    For all players
  </li>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Right click on the Players Menu button or anywhere in the player window
    </li>
    <li>
      Find Unsilence all in the pull down menu and click on it
    </li>
  </ul>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To remove players
  from the room:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /kick &lt;name&gt;
  </li>
  <li>
    Alternately&nbsp; you can type /uninvite, /u, /un
  </li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Select the player's name from the player list
  </li>
  <li>
    Right click on it
  </li>
  <li>
    Find Kick in the menu that pops up and click on it
  </li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To set a password
  after the game has started:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /setPassword &lt;password&gt;
  </li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Pull down the Options Menu at the top
  </li>
  <li>
    Select GM options
  </li>
  <li>
    Enter the new password in both password fields
  </li>
  <li>
    Click Save
  </li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To remove a
  password:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Under Options choose GM Options</li>
	<li>
    In the window that pops up check remove password</li>
	<li>
    Click Save</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:</p>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /setpassword without anything following it&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<div style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To allow players to
  see each other's character sheets:</span><br>
</div>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /charactersheets on
  </li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Pull down the Options Menu at the top
  </li>
  <li>
    Select GM options
  </li>
  <li>
    Make sure the box that says "Allow players to view character sheets" is
    checked<br>
  </li>
  <li>
    Click Save
  </li>
</ul>
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  <br>
  <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline; FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To prevent players
  from seeing each other's character sheets:</span><br>
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<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    Type /charactersheets off
  </li>
</ul>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OR:<br>
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  <li>
    Pull down the Options Menu at the top
  </li>
  <li>
    Select GM options
  </li>
  <li>
    Make sure the box that says "Allow players to view character sheets" is
    unchecked<br>
  </li>
  <li>
    Click Save
  </li>
</ul>
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  <br>
  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold; TEXT-DECORATION:underline">To make someone else
  the GM:</span><br>
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<ul style=MARGIN-LEFT:40px>
  <li>
    There is no undoing this, unless you can convince the new GM to pass the job
    back to you.
  </li>
  <li>
    Type /makegm &lt;name&gt;
  </li>
  <li>
    Alternately type /make_gm, /makeLeader, /make_leader, /promote, /pr
  </li>
</ul>
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